Improved wagon-brake



Cl l Wagon Brake. No. 93.524. Patented Aug. 1.o, 1869.

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CHARLES DoLD',:0r MASON, eurol yLetters Patent No. 93,524, dated August 10, 1869.

Y IMPROVED WAGON-BRAKE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same Be it known that I, CHARLES DoLD, of Mason, Warren county, State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Brakes; and I do hereby declare vthe following to be a sufficiently full, clear, and exact description thereof toen'able one skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use it, reference being had tothe accompa nying drawings,- making partof this specification.

- My invention cousists- First, in certain. devices for preventing the shaking or noisy rattling of the brake-mechanism while the vehicle is in motion.

Second, Vin devices to be operated upon for connecl tion' or disconnection by;the foot ofthe drivel', by

which the pressure of the brake is retained or released In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention- Y Figure 1 is a longitudinal section, exhibiting my devices applied to an ordinary wagon.

Figure 2,is an enlarged section of the devices detached. y i Figure 3 isa plan of the same.

Tliefoot-lever A, upon which the foot of the driver pressesfto apply .the brake, is fnlcrumed at a, and attached to a. connecting-rod, B, and other suitable mechanism to connect with the brake-C.

1) is a volute spring, whose inner end is firmly secured to the frame E, at d, and outer end rests forcibly against the lever A.

This spring serves to prevent the lever and vbrake connections from rattling when the vehicle is in motion, by pressing the lever tightly against the frame E.

The name E', .at the point -where the lever A rests, may be faced with rubber.

y'lhe lever A is provided with a projection, a,-whieh, when the brake is broughtinto operation by the ypressure of the foot of the driver upon said leven-is designed,

to 'fit "into'fany one of the notches y, in the swinging and spring-pawl G. The pawl G is shaped into a volute spring at the end g,and securely fastened. The spring of this pawlv serves to throw the notches g into'conneetion with the projection a, for the purpose of holding the brake under any desired degree of f pressure.

The pawl. mayat any time be relieved from this connection, and the brake be thereby relieved bythe pressure ofthe foot of the driver upon the upturned end H of the pawl G;

I claim herein as new, and of my invention- In awagon-brake constructed as described, the spring D, lever A a, and spring-pawl G g g.H, constructed,

arranged, and combined substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth. l a

In testimony of which invention, -I hereunto set my hand.

CHARLES DOLD.

Witnesses:

CHARLES BAUER, HENRY MILLWARD. 

